Private foundations in Connecticut that accept applications

114 foundations, biggest givers first

From each foundation’s own IRS return: they say they accept applications. These aren’t open grant rounds; each page shows how to apply as the foundation reported it.

• Melville Charitable TrustNew Haven · paid $24.1 million in 2024
• Eversource Energy FoundationHartford · paid $7.1 million in 2024
• Worldquant FoundationOld Greenwich · paid $6.1 million in 2024
• The Rhoda and David Chase Family FoundationHartford · paid $4.5 million in 2024
• Mulberry Essence FoundationGreenwich · paid $3.5 million in 2024
• Avangrid FoundationOrange · paid $3.2 million in 2025
• Connecticut Health FoundationHartford · paid $3.1 million in 2024
• Walter and Julianne Sullivan FoundationWest Hartford · paid $2.5 million in 2025
• The Pitney Bowes FoundationStamford · paid $2.3 million in 2023
• Riversville FoundationGreenwich · paid $1.9 million in 2024
• Anne and Rollin Bates FoundationHartford · paid $1.7 million in 2025
• Sbm Charitable FoundationManchester · paid $1.7 million in 2025
• Bondi FoundationGreenwich · paid $1.3 million in 2024
• Ifs Family FoundationOld Greenwich · paid $1.2 million in 2025
• Meriden FoundationWaterbury · paid $1.2 million in 2024
• Robert and Margaret Patricelli Family FoundationSimsbury · paid $1.2 million in 2024
• Ion Bank FoundationNaugatuck · paid $1 million in 2025
• Theodore a Rapp FoundationDarien · paid $1 million in 2025
• Bobs Discount Furniture Charitable FoundationOakdale · paid $823,069 in 2025
• Thomston Savings Bank FoundationThomaston · paid $814,339 in 2025
• Chelsea Groton FoundationGroton · paid $799,660 in 2025
• Union Savings Bank FoundationDanbury · paid $790,300 in 2025
• Stich Charitable FoundationFairfield · paid $755,150 in 2025
• Elizabeth M Landon and Harriette M Landon Charitable FoundationHartford · paid $681,000 in 2025
• Summer Hill FoundationMadison · paid $676,000 in 2025
• George E Coleman Jr FoundationNew Canaan · paid $656,400 in 2024
• First County Bank FoundationStamford · paid $621,900 in 2025
• Farmington Bank Community FoundationNew Britain · paid $615,018 in 2025
• Wadsworth Family FoundationWallingford · paid $597,725 in 2024
• Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Fam FoundationHartford · paid $557,756 in 2024
• Witt-Hoey FoundationWestport · paid $475,416 in 2024
• Walter Baum FoundationMilford · paid $465,000 in 2025
• Katherine K McLane and Henry K McLane Charitable TrustHartford · paid $460,000 in 2025
• Jeremiah J & Virginia W Lowney Fam Foundation Trust 101999Norwich · paid $443,736 in 2024
• Patricia S Heyman FoundationGreenwich · paid $372,500 in 2025
• William C Shanley III Private Charitable Foundation TrustGreenwich · paid $355,000 in 2024
• Newtown Savings Bank FoundationNewtown · paid $334,000 in 2024
• Jpmoh FoundationAvon · paid $330,172 in 2024
• Elizabeth Raymond Ambler TrustWilton · paid $319,995 in 2025
• Savings Bank of Danbury FoundationDanbury · paid $315,900 in 2025
• Sandra and Arnold Chase Family FoundationHartford · paid $310,649 in 2024
• Abbas AmbassadorsRidgefield · paid $307,199 in 2025
• Mattis Family FoundationGreenwich · paid $280,000 in 2025
• Myers L & Marilyn R Girsh FoundationNorwalk · paid $277,500 in 2025
• H3 FoundationStamford · paid $254,771 in 2025
• Northwest Community Bank FoundationWinsted · paid $253,101 in 2025
• Faye and Mike Richardson Family FoundationOld Lyme · paid $248,700 in 2024
• Davis-McCullough FoundationGreenwich · paid $243,016 in 2025
• Hartong Family FoundationGreenwich · paid $222,788 in 2025
• Tinty FoundationBranford · paid $211,000 in 2024
• Emil and Toby Meshberg Family FoundationFairfield · paid $197,075 in 2024
• Eagan Family Charitable Foundation TrustIvoryton · paid $197,024 in 2024
• Ellen Knowles Harcourt FoundationNew Milford · paid $182,650 in 2024
• Spirol International Charitable FoundationDanielson · paid $165,000 in 2025
• Petchers FoundationFairfield · paid $162,100 in 2024
• Carol L Sirot FoundationGuilford · paid $159,000 in 2025
• SpidacaresOld Greenwich · paid $156,900 in 2024
• Shoemate Foundation 10-29-01West Hartford · paid $152,146 in 2024
• Catic FoundationGlastonbury · paid $150,250 in 2025
• Eastern Ct Savings Bank FoundationNorwich · paid $144,031 in 2025
• The William H and Rosanna THartford · paid $138,000 in 2025
• Jewett City Savings Bank FoundationJewett City · paid $136,672 in 2025
• Gupta Family FoundationWestport · paid $130,080 in 2024
• Bruce and Janet Sargent FoundationDarien · paid $129,300 in 2024
• Marks Family FoundationStonington · paid $120,000 in 2024
• Acucares FoundationShelton · paid $118,026 in 2025
• David and Sharon Bender Family FoundationWestbrook · paid $114,185 in 2024
• Pelletier Family FoundationBranford · paid $113,500 in 2025
• Vince & Linda McMahon Family FoundationStamford · paid $100,000 in 2025
• Olivieri Johnston Family FoundationWest Hartford · paid $97,000 in 2024
• Lester and Phyllis Foster FoundationHampton · paid $95,950 in 2025
• The Parkinson Family Charitable FoundationGreenwich · paid $95,777 in 2025
• Vick FoundationOld Greenwich · paid $93,500 in 2024
• Gerald and Claire Gerath Foundation TrustWest Hartford · paid $90,000 in 2025
• Lego Community Fund USEnfield · paid $85,752 in 2024
• Putnam Bank FoundationPutnam · paid $85,670 in 2024
• J Allen Lamb & Edward S Pocock III FoundationSouthington · paid $79,731 in 2024
• Weller Foundation Inc Formerly Vitramon FoundationDanbury · paid $78,450 in 2025
• Tarak Das Banerjee and Gumdur Grewal-Banerjee CharitableStamford · paid $76,000 in 2025
• Ahearn Family FoundationNew Canaan · paid $66,655 in 2024
• Reach FoundationFarmington · paid $61,855 in 2025
• Martha and Kenneth Revoir Scholarship TrustNew Britain · paid $60,000 in 2025
• Alexander M and Catherine M Wright TrustHartford · paid $56,000 in 2025
• Andy Schatz and Barbara Wolf Family FoundationWestbrook · paid $51,800 in 2023
• Mustard Seed FoundationTrumbull · paid $51,050 in 2024
• The Hilbert and Shirley Hendel Family FoundationNorwich · paid $50,732 in 2024
• Boroughs Fam FoundationWestport · paid $50,000 in 2025
• Kraus Family FoundationFarmington · paid $47,500 in 2024
• Waterford Group Charitable FoundationWaterford · paid $46,800 in 2025
• Dies Family FoundationNorwalk · paid $42,500 in 2024
• Henry M and Eleanora Pianka Leonard Charitable Foundation TrustPortland · paid $42,000 in 2025
• Rawson Fam Foundation TrustPutnam · paid $41,624 in 2025
• The Douglas S and Barbara J Barrett Family FoundationMystic · paid $39,534 in 2025
• Stephen W Craig Family FoundationGreenwich · paid $38,125 in 2024
• Geigl Fam Charitable Foundation TrustNewington · paid $34,000 in 2024
• Jumy FoundationDanbury · paid $27,040 in 2025
• Miner Bell FoundationMansfield · paid $26,000 in 2024
• Herman Abbott Family FoundationBranford · paid $25,000 in 2025
• Lon a Smith Family FoundationWestbrook · paid $24,530 in 2024
• Robert Black Foundation TrustHartford · paid $24,000 in 2025
• Ippolito Charitable Foundation of GalvestonFairfield · paid $21,500 in 2024
• Walter and Monica Noel Family FoundationGreenwich · paid $20,825 in 2024
• Spiralis Music TrustFairfield · paid $20,000 in 2025
• Marcella Masinda Tuw Fbo EmilyNorwich · paid $19,890 in 2025
• Deary Memorial FoundationDanielson · paid $18,000 in 2025
• Cummings & Lockwood FoundationStamford · paid $17,800 in 2024
• Raymond and Pauline Larson FoundationEast Hartford · paid $15,454 in 2024
• Max Showalter FoundationEssex · paid $10,000 in 2024
• Cobblefield FundDarien · paid $5,450 in 2024
• Hortencia Zavala Scholarship CorporationWest Hartford · paid $5,120 in 2025
• McFadden Family FoundationLitchfield · paid $4,500 in 2024
• Pettee FoundationGranby · paid $3,000 in 2025
• Gemmaker FoundationWest Hartford · paid $2,500 in 2023
• Perry and Basha Lewis FoundationRidgefield · paid $1,000 in 2025